Prospecting Technology and Engineering (Well Logging)
By putting precisely designed instruments into wells deeper than thousands meters underground, Well logging could collect acoustic, electromagnetic and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) data of structural characteristics, which makes it an important part in petroleum exploration and prospecting. With data processed and interpreted by well logging technicians, oil and gas reservoir would be better understood through the full life circle of petroleum field development.
The undergraduate education of well logging at China University of Petroleum (Beijing) could be traced back to the year of 1953. In early years, the program of well logging and exploration geophysics were usually combined together named “Prospecting Technology and Engineering”. In 2010, it was awarded as Ministry of Education level University characteristic professionalism unit. As the development of the university and the College of Geophysics and Information Engineering, the independent program of Well Logging is officially set in 2014, with the goal of better cultivating scientific research personnel and professional oil and gas technicians of well logging project design, construction, and management.
Objective:
Students who complete this undergraduate program will:
- Acquire the basic professional knowledge in exploration geophysics and well logging technology and know some about the trends and status of chemical engineering development.
- Demonstrate the ability to carry out research, engineering design and field work of exploration prospecting, and
- Use basic computer knowledge and professional software for solving simple prospecting problems, and understand the general process of programming and software design.
- Require the capacity of mastering a foreign language, creativity and cooperation.
Core Courses Samples:
Geology, Geophysics, Rock Physics, Computer Technology, Electronics, Information Science
Required Courses Samples:
Advanced Mathematics, Engineering Mathematics, College Physics, College English, General Geology, Basic Electronic Technology, Theory of Electromagnetic Fields, well logging Interpretation and Data Processing, Principles of Seismic Exploration, Seismic Data Processing, Geophysical Instruments
Graduation & Degree Requirements:
Students have to gain at least 176.5 credits to graduate, among which 107 credits from compulsory courses, 42.5 credits from selective courses and 27 credits from practice teaching. Students have to pass CET-4 to gain the Bachelor degree.
Degree Conferred: B. Eng
Career Prospects:
Most of graduates join in the petroleum industry in companies like Shell, Chevron, CNPC, Sinopec, CNOOC, Schlumberger and BGP. They could also work as researchers, designers and technical managers in research institutions and oil field. And some graduates enroll in high-level Master or Ph.D programs of in China or abroad.
